Accidental Parentheses

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jazzbo
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Post by jazzbo » Sun Feb 04, 2018 5:24 pm

Is it possible to adjust the spacing of the parentheses around accidentals. I've always elected not to use them because of the cluttered look. I'd use them if I could move the parentheses further away from the accidental, to make for easier reading. I've search the forum regarding this and haven't seen my answer. I apologize if it's already been addressed.


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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Feb 04, 2018 5:42 pm

I suppose that you mean the automatically “parenthesized” accidental, you get, when you hit the letter P key, right?

The “parenthesized” accidental is one font character.
Not three font characters, but only one character.

In Other Words:
To “move the parentheses further away from the accidental” you must edit the music font in a font editor.

Workaround:
Instead of using the letter P key, add the parentheses with the Articulation Tool, or with the Expression Tool.
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elbsound
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Post by elbsound » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:09 am

The "Maestro" font has very tight parenthesized accidentals.
You could use another font just for the accidentals, like Petrucci, EngraverFontSet, Sebastian or Susato.

Here are some images:
Parenthesized accidentals only: https://elbsound.studio/catalog-of-musi ... ccidentals
Overview of 20 accidental fonts in Finale (with microtonal accidentals) - click on download as high-resolution PDF: https://elbsound.studio/quarter-tone-ac ... alfontsPDF

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Post by jazzbo » Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:26 pm

Thanks for your suggestions. I primarily use the Jazz font, but I'll look into the others. I also thought of the articulation tool, but that's a lot of additional work if you have some fairly chromatic piece.

Thanks very much.

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Post by elbsound » Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:39 pm

To match the Jazz font look, you should try the free LijazFIN font for Finale.
The parentheses have a little bit more space.
lijaz par acc.jpg
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The left one is LijazFIN, the right one is Jazz.
Download: https://elbsound.studio/elbsound-music- ... p#download

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